the nodding donkey:
I agree that in normal circumstances, the low level high beams are enough, but as soon as you get of the main roads, the hedges are often overgrown, with sometimes rather substantial branches sticking out, usually at mirror height.
In the UK, hedge control seems to have been largely abandoned, even on lesser main A roads, with some roads now requiring you to move over the centre line, to avoid losing your mirrors, or worse.
Fair comment.